Rankings according to the scores received at Skate America, Skate Canada, Cup of China and NHK Trophy by the athletes participating at these four Grand Prix events. Inside Skating will update these rankings weekly.
by Florentina Tone
MEN
1. Daisuke Takahashi: 268.31 points (NHK Trophy)
2. Tatsuki Machida: 265.38 points (Skate America)
3. Patrick Chan: 262.03 points (Skate Canada)
4. Nobunari Oda: 253.16 points (NHK Trophy)
5. Yan Han: 245.62 points (Cup of China)
6. Adam Rippon: 241.24 points (Skate America)
LADIES
1. Mao Asada: 207.59 points (NHK Trophy)
2. Julia Lipnitskaia: 198.23 points (Skate Canada)
3. Ashley Wagner: 193.81 points (Skate America)
4. Akiko Suzuki: 193.75 points (Skate Canada)
5. Elena Radionova: 191.81 points (NHK Trophy; of course, Elena is still too young to compete at the Olympics…)
6. Gracie Gold: 186.75 points (Skate Canada)
ICE DANCE
1. Meryl Davis and Charlie White: 188.23 points (Skate America)
2. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir: 181.03 points (Skate Canada)
3. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje: 175.23 points (Skate Canada)
4. Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte: 168.49 points (Skate America)
5. Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat: 165.68 points (Cup of China)
6. Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev: 163.42 points (Cup of China)
PAIRS
1. Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov: 237.71 points (Skate America)
2. Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch: 208.45 points (Skate America)
3. Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy: 201.21 points (Cup of China)
4. Qing Pang and Jian Tong: 194.38 points (Cup of China)
5. Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek: 193.92 points (Skate Canada)
6. Sui Wenjing and Han Cong: 193.77 points (Skate Canada)
The rankings in Ice dance and Pairs remain unchanged after the NHK Trophy. Meryl Davis and Charlie White are still in the lead, with the score received at Skate America, three weeks ago (at NHK Trophy, their score was a little lower: 186.65 points).
Meryl Davis and Charlie White (2012 World Figure Skating Championships, Nice, France)
The same thing happened with the Russia’s Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov in Pairs – at NHK, this weekend, in Tokyo, they received a lower score (236.49 points) than the one in Skate America.
Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (2013 Europeans, Zagreb)
In the ladies’ event, Mao Asada improved her score, from 204.55 points at Skate America to 207.59 points at NHK Trophy, and Elena Radionova moved from the sixth place to the fifth one, also improving her score (183.95 points at Skate America to 191.81 points at NHK Trophy).
Mao Asada, preparing for her short program (Scheherazade) at 2012 Worlds in Nice
The most significant moves happened in the men’s field: with his score at NHK TRophy (268.31 points), the Japanese Daisuke Takahashi entered the Top 6 directly on the first place; and Nobunari Oda, with 253.16 points, has now the fourth score of the season.
Daisuke Takahashi and his fans in Nice, at the 2012 Worlds (silver medal for the Japanese)